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A former member of the governing body of the St. Joseph Public Library claims in a lawsuit that the decision not to re-appoint him last year is a violation of
By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post A newly elected city councilmember who had an easy path to his seat is seeking to help beautify the city and increase workforce in St. Joseph. District three councilmember Andrew Trout ran uncontested in the election in April. Trout says he ran for the councilmember seat because like many in his district, he knew it was time for change. "Everybody knew how much I loved the city and how much I was disappointed in the downward turn of the city over the decades," Trout tells KFEQ Hotline host Barry Birr. "So, I thought well why not, I got to meet some people who knew how to do that and hopefully listened appropriately to what they tried to teach me." Trout says one of his biggest goals on the council as he looks at the city is to try to bring back people's pride in where they live. "People don't have, in my estimation, the views that we used to have of St. Joe, this was a beautiful city it was well maintained, it was manic